1 ORG NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -*- org -*-
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14 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
15 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
16 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
17 entries are added to last in the date tree.
18 *** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
19 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
20 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
22 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
23 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
24 a HTML derived export back-end.
25 *** Babel: support for Stan language
26 New ob-stan.el library.
28 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
30 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
32 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
33 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
35 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
37 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
38 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
39 that does not end in ".stan".
41 For more information and usage examples, visit
42 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
43 *** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
44 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
46 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
47 Used like org-bbdb-anniversaries, it provides a few days warning
48 for upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
50 ~org-show-children~ is a faster implementation of
51 ~outline-show-children~.
53 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ in an obsolete alias for ~org-remove-indentation~
55 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
56 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
58 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
59 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
61 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
62 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
63 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
64 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
66 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
67 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
71 ** Incompatible changes
73 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
75 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
76 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
78 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
79 logged before the property drawer.
81 The following function will repair them:
83 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
84 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
85 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
86 Ignore non Org buffers."
87 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
89 (goto-char (point-min))
90 (let ((case-fold-search t)
91 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
92 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
96 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
98 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
100 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
101 (when (and (< (point) end)
102 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
104 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
105 (eq (org-element-type
106 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
108 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
110 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
111 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
114 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
116 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
117 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
118 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
119 into account when exporting.
121 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
122 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
124 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
126 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
127 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
130 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
131 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
136 :CATEGORY: some category
140 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
142 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
143 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
144 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
147 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
149 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
150 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
152 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
153 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
155 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
157 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
158 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
160 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
162 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
163 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~ respectively,
164 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
165 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
166 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
168 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
170 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
171 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
173 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
175 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
176 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
177 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
179 *** Functions signature changes
181 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
182 docstring for more information.
184 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
185 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
186 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
187 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
188 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
192 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
194 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
195 without changing the headline.
197 *** Hierarchies of tags
198 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
199 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
200 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
202 The following in-buffer definition:
204 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
205 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
206 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
209 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
218 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
219 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
221 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
223 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
224 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
225 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
227 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
228 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
229 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
230 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
231 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
233 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
239 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
242 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
243 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
246 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
249 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
251 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
252 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
253 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
256 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
257 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
258 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
260 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
263 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
264 is also used as a filter.
266 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
267 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
268 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
269 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
272 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
273 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
275 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
277 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
279 *** Babel: support for Processing language
281 New ob-processing.el library.
283 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
284 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
285 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
287 Check the documentation for more.
289 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
291 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
292 The new behaviour is the following:
294 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
295 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
298 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
301 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
303 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
305 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
307 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
308 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
310 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
312 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
313 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
316 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
318 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
319 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
320 ~org-drawers~ variable.
322 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
324 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
325 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
326 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
327 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
329 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
331 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
332 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
333 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
336 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
338 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
341 *** New option in ASCII export
343 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
344 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
346 *** New blocks in ASCII export
348 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
349 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
351 *** More back-end specific publishing options
353 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
354 increased. See manual for details.
356 *** Export inline source blocks
358 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
359 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
360 in the output, depending on the parameters.
362 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
364 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
366 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
368 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
370 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
372 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
373 more features. See docstring for details.
375 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
377 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
379 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
380 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
382 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
384 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
386 : This sentence is false.
389 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
391 *** Various improvements on radio tables
393 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
394 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
395 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
396 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
397 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
398 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
400 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
402 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
403 source blocks exported by the minted package.
405 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
407 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
408 would throw an error. A new variable
409 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
410 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
411 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
415 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
418 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
420 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
421 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
423 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
425 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
427 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
429 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
430 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
431 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
433 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
435 See docstring for more information.
437 *** Export unnumbered headlines
439 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
440 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
441 property is inherited by children.
443 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
445 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
446 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
447 keys, to sort a table.
449 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
451 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
454 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
456 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
459 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
461 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
462 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
464 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
466 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
467 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
469 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
471 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
472 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
475 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
477 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
478 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
480 *** New entities family: "\_ "
482 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
483 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
484 leading spaces within table cells.
486 *** New MathJax configuration options
488 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
489 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
491 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
493 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
494 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
495 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
497 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
498 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
499 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
500 keywords and properties.
502 *** Viewport support in html export
504 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
505 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
507 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
509 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
512 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
514 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
515 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
516 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
518 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
520 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
521 added to headline text.
523 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
525 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
527 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
529 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
530 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
533 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
535 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
536 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
538 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
540 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
541 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
542 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
544 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
546 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
548 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
550 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
551 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
553 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
555 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
559 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
561 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
563 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
565 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
566 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
567 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
568 accessible from the export dispatcher.
570 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
572 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
574 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
576 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
577 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
579 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
581 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
584 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
586 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
587 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
590 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
592 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
595 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
596 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
598 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
600 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
601 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
604 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
606 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
607 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
609 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
611 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
612 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
613 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
614 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
615 this variable locally.
617 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
619 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
620 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
621 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
622 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
623 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
625 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
627 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
628 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
631 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
633 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
635 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
637 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
639 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
641 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
643 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
645 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
646 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
647 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
648 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
650 *** Removed comment-related filters
652 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
653 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
657 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
659 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
661 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
663 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
664 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
666 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
668 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
669 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
672 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
674 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
675 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
677 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
679 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
681 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
683 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
684 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
685 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
686 particular test failure was introduced.
688 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
690 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
691 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
692 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
693 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
695 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
697 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
698 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
700 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
702 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
703 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
706 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
708 This helps spotting wrong links.
711 ** Incompatible changes
712 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
713 This may require two changes in user config.
715 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
716 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
717 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
719 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
721 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
722 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
723 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
725 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
726 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
728 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
732 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
734 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
736 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
737 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
738 option keywords like :html-include-style.
740 So you need to replace
742 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
746 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
748 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
749 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
751 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
753 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
754 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
755 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
757 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
758 the other optional arguments accordingly.
760 *** Export back-ends are now structures
762 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
763 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
764 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
767 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
769 ** Important bugfixes
771 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
772 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
774 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
776 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
777 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
778 separator starting a TOTO match string.
781 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
783 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
785 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
788 - Support for .pgf files
789 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
790 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
791 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
792 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
793 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
794 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
795 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
797 *** New functions for paragraph motion
799 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
800 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
801 in a paragraph-like way.
803 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
805 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
806 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
807 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
808 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
809 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
811 *** Anonymous export back-ends
813 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
814 which can then be passed to export functions like
815 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
817 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
818 registering a new back-end.
820 *** New agenda fortnight view
822 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
823 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
826 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
828 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
829 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
831 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
832 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
833 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
835 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
836 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
838 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
839 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
840 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
841 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
842 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
845 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
847 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
849 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
851 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
853 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
855 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
857 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
859 If you set this to the following
861 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
863 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
865 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
867 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
869 ** New contributed packages
871 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
872 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
875 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
876 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
880 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
882 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
883 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
884 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
885 the same with example blocks.
887 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
894 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
896 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
899 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
900 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
901 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
903 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
904 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
905 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
906 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
907 detailed explanations.
909 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
910 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
911 function has been called already.
913 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
916 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
918 ** Incompatible changes
920 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
922 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
924 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
925 you will have to update them.
927 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
929 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
930 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
932 **** New export engine
934 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
935 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
936 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
937 /all/ export back-ends.
939 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
940 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
941 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
942 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
943 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
945 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
946 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
948 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
949 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
950 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
951 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
953 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
955 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
957 should now be written
959 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
961 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
962 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
963 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
965 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
967 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
969 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
972 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
973 remember templates into capture templates.
975 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
977 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
978 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
980 **** Note for third-party developers
982 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
983 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
984 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
986 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
989 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
991 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
992 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
993 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
995 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
996 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
997 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1000 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1001 - org-mac-message.el
1007 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1008 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1009 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1011 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1012 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1014 ** New packages in core
1016 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1018 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1020 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1022 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1024 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1026 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1027 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1029 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1031 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1033 ** New packages in contrib
1035 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1037 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1039 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1042 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1044 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1045 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1047 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1050 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1052 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1054 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1056 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1058 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1059 for starting headlines.
1061 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1063 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1064 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1065 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1066 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1068 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1070 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1072 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1074 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1075 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1078 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1079 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1082 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1084 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1085 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1088 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1089 conversion from Org files to groff.
1091 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1093 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1095 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1097 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1098 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1105 **** New export generic options
1107 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1108 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1110 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1112 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1113 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1114 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1115 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1117 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1118 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1119 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1120 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1121 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1122 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1123 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1124 contains time-stamps.
1126 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1127 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1128 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1130 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1132 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1134 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1136 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1138 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1139 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1140 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1141 *** Structure editing
1143 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1144 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1146 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1147 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1149 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1151 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1152 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1153 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1154 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1157 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1159 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1160 _words__= will preserve markup.
1162 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1164 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1165 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1166 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1168 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1170 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1171 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1173 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1175 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1176 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1177 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1178 forward and backward.
1180 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1181 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1183 Now Org will sort this list
1185 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1186 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1190 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1191 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1193 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1194 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1195 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1197 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1198 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1199 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1201 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1204 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1206 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1207 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1208 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1210 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1212 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1213 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1214 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1215 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1217 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1219 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1220 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1221 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1222 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1223 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1225 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1227 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1228 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1229 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1231 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1232 *** Scheduled/deadline
1234 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1236 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1237 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1238 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1239 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1241 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1242 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1243 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1244 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1246 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1247 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1248 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1249 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1250 control this globally or per agenda.
1252 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1254 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1256 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1258 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1259 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1261 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1263 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1264 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1265 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1267 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1268 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1269 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1271 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1272 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1274 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1277 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1279 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1280 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1281 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1283 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1285 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1286 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1287 only show their description, not the full links.
1290 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1292 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1293 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1294 want to build a list of appointments.
1296 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1297 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1299 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1301 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1303 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1304 time value (i.e. appointments).
1306 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1308 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1310 | Strategy | Explanations |
1311 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1312 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1313 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1314 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1315 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1316 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1317 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1318 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1319 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1320 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1321 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1323 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1325 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1326 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1327 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1329 These new options are available:
1331 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1332 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1333 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1334 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1336 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1337 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1338 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1340 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1341 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1342 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1343 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1344 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1345 non-tagged headlines.
1347 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1349 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1350 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1351 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1352 that take only =N= minutes.
1354 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1356 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1357 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1358 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1360 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1362 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1363 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1365 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1367 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1368 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1370 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1373 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1375 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1376 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1377 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1379 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1380 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1382 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1384 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1385 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1387 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1389 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1391 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1392 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1395 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1397 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1398 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1399 asks for a confirmation.
1401 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1403 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1404 the mark of the entry at point.
1406 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1407 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1409 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1411 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1412 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1415 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1417 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1418 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1420 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1422 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1423 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1425 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1427 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1428 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1429 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1430 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1432 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1434 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1435 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1436 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1438 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1440 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1441 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1442 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1443 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1445 Read the full docstring for details.
1447 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1449 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1452 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1455 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1457 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1458 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1461 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1463 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1464 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1466 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1468 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1469 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1470 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1471 check against the name of the buffer.
1474 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1475 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1476 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1479 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1480 agenda views, and for filtering.
1482 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1486 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1488 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1489 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1490 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1492 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1493 as if the protocol was not known.
1495 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1497 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1499 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1500 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1501 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1504 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1506 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1507 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1508 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1510 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1512 When storing a link to a headline like
1514 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1516 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1517 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1518 there is no description.
1521 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1523 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1524 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1525 those other formulas.
1527 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1529 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1530 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1531 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1534 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1536 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1537 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1538 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1541 **** New lookup functions
1543 There are now three lookup functions:
1545 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1546 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1547 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1549 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1550 *** Startup keywords
1552 These new startup keywords are now available:
1554 | Startup keyword | Option |
1555 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1556 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1557 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1558 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1559 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1560 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1561 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1562 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1563 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1567 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1569 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1570 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1571 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1572 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1574 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1576 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1577 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1578 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1581 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1582 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1584 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1586 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1587 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1589 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1591 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1592 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1593 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1595 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1596 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1597 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1598 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1599 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1600 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1601 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1604 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1606 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1608 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1610 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1611 same target than the block at point.
1613 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1615 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1616 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1617 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1619 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1620 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1623 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1625 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1626 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1627 manual for a usage example.
1629 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1631 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1632 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1633 collecting blocks for tangling.
1635 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1636 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1638 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1639 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1640 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1641 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1643 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1644 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1647 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1648 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1649 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1650 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1654 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1655 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1656 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
1657 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1658 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1659 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1660 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1661 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1662 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1663 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1664 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1665 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1666 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1667 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1668 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1669 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1670 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1671 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1672 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1676 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1678 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1680 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1682 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1684 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1685 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1686 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1687 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1688 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1689 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1690 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1691 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1693 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1695 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1696 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1698 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1700 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1701 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1702 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1706 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1708 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1709 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1712 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1713 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1714 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1715 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1716 agenda type to this variable.
1718 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1721 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1722 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1723 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1724 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1726 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1728 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1729 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1730 invisible) blocked tasks.
1732 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1734 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1735 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1737 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1739 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1740 ** No GPL manual anymore
1742 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1743 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1745 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1747 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1749 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1750 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1751 in most environments.
1755 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1757 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1759 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1760 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1763 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1764 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1765 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1768 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1770 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1772 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1773 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1774 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1775 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1776 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1777 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1778 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1779 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1780 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1781 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1782 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1783 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1784 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1785 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1786 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1788 ** New package and Babel language
1790 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1792 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1794 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1795 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1797 ** Incompatible changes
1799 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1800 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1802 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1805 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1806 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1807 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1809 ** New features and user-visible changes
1813 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1814 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1815 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1816 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1818 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1819 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1821 See the docstrings for more details.
1823 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1824 on =org-element.el=.
1826 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1828 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1829 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1830 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1831 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1833 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1835 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1836 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1837 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1838 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1840 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1842 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1844 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1846 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1849 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1850 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1852 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1853 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1854 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1857 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1860 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1861 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1862 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1864 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1865 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1866 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1871 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1873 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1874 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1875 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1876 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1878 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1879 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1880 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1881 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1882 generating new ones.
1884 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1887 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1889 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1890 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1893 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1894 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1895 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1898 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1899 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1900 details on how to use this.
1902 **** Changes in bulk actions
1904 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1905 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1907 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1908 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1909 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1910 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1911 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1913 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1914 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1916 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1917 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1920 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1922 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1924 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1926 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1927 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1929 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1931 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1932 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1933 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1934 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1937 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1939 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1942 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1943 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1944 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1945 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1946 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1949 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1951 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1953 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1955 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1956 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1957 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1958 filters and category filters.
1960 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1961 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1964 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1965 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1966 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1971 **** Inserting links
1973 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1974 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1975 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1978 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1979 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1980 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1981 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1983 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1986 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1988 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1989 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1990 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1991 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1993 **** New link type =help=
1995 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1997 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1998 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1999 you go back to the same buffer.
2001 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2003 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2004 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2007 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2009 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2011 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2013 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2015 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2017 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2021 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2023 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2024 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2025 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2026 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2028 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2030 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2031 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2032 all headlines in the region.
2034 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2036 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2038 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2039 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2041 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2043 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2045 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2047 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2049 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2051 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2052 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2053 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2058 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2060 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2062 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2064 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2065 clocked entry, if any.
2067 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2069 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2071 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2073 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2074 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2077 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2078 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2079 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2083 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2085 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2088 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2090 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2091 cells in clockreport.
2093 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2094 time cells in clockreport.
2097 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2099 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2100 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2102 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2103 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2105 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2106 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2107 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2108 space in the frame title.
2112 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2114 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2115 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2116 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2117 don't want to see temporarily.
2119 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2121 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2123 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2125 There are these new entities:
2127 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2128 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2129 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2130 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2131 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2132 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2134 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2135 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2136 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2138 The face is back to a normal height.
2142 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2143 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2145 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2146 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2148 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2150 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2151 block will use its value as the column format.
2153 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2155 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2157 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2159 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2161 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2162 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2163 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2164 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2166 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2170 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2172 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2174 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2176 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2178 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2179 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2180 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2182 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2184 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2185 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2186 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2190 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2192 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2193 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2194 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2195 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2197 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2199 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2200 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2203 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2204 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2205 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2208 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2209 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2210 more details on how to use this.
2212 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2213 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2215 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2216 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2219 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2221 See the manual for more explanations.
2223 **** More control over empty lines
2225 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2226 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2229 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2231 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2235 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2237 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2238 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2239 available) to print beautiful tables.
2241 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2243 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2244 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2247 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2249 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2250 in the #+DATE option.
2252 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2254 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2256 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2257 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2259 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2260 More languages are always welcome.
2262 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2264 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2265 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2267 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2268 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2269 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2270 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2271 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2272 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2274 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2275 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2279 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2281 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2284 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2286 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2287 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2289 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2291 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2293 It used to exports the results of the code.
2297 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2298 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2300 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2301 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2303 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2305 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2306 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2307 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2309 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2310 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2312 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2313 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2314 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2317 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2319 This will increment the effort value.
2321 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2323 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2325 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2326 attach symbolic links.
2328 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2330 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2332 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2333 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2335 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2337 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2339 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2340 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2341 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2343 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2345 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2346 all top level list items.
2348 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2350 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2352 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2353 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2355 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2357 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2359 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2360 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2361 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2362 first headline in the region.
2364 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2366 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2369 ** Important bug fixes
2371 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2373 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2374 perform completion with meaningful values.
2376 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2378 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2379 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2380 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2382 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2383 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2385 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2386 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2389 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2390 the code and the license to your needs.
2392 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2393 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2397 ** Incompatible changes
2399 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2401 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2403 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2405 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2406 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2407 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2408 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2411 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2413 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2414 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2415 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2417 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2419 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2420 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2422 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2424 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2426 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2427 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2428 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2429 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2430 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2432 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2433 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2434 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2435 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2436 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2437 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2439 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2440 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2441 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2444 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2447 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2448 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2449 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2450 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2452 The two new variables are:
2454 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2455 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2456 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2457 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2458 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2459 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2460 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2462 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2463 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2466 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2469 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2470 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2471 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2472 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2474 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2475 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2476 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2477 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2480 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2481 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2482 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2483 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2484 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2485 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2488 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2489 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2490 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2491 applies to the following packages:
2509 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2510 you are using, you can remove it from
2511 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2512 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2515 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2516 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2517 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2518 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2519 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2522 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2524 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2525 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2526 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2529 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2531 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2533 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2535 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2537 ** Important new features
2539 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2541 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2543 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2544 for more information on how to customize it.
2546 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2548 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2549 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2550 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2551 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2553 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2554 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2555 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2557 To switch over to the new system:
2561 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2563 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2564 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2565 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2566 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2567 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2569 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2571 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2574 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2577 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2579 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2580 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2581 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2582 with using both system in parallel.
2586 *** New Org libraries
2587 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2589 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2591 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2593 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2595 To use, put the following in your init file:
2598 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2601 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2602 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2603 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2604 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2605 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2606 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2607 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2608 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2609 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2612 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2614 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2615 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2617 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2619 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2620 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2621 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2624 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2625 call function to do something special with text links.
2627 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2629 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2631 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2632 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2633 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2636 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2638 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2640 *** New Babel libraries
2642 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2643 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2644 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2645 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2646 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2647 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2648 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2650 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2654 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2656 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2657 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2658 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2659 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2660 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2661 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2663 The key new functions are
2665 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2666 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2667 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2669 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2670 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2672 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2673 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2675 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2676 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2678 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2680 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2681 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2682 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2684 **** Modified link escaping
2686 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2688 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2689 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2690 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2691 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2694 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2695 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2696 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2697 : percent escaped links are solved.
2699 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2701 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2703 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2704 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2706 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2708 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2710 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2711 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2712 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2713 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2714 string to be executed.
2716 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2717 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2721 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2722 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2725 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2729 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2731 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2732 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2733 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2734 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2736 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2737 will work on the current entry.
2739 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2740 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2742 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2744 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2746 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2749 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2750 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2755 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2757 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2758 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2759 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2761 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2763 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2764 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2765 entries using a function.
2767 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2768 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2769 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2771 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2773 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2774 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2775 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2777 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2779 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2780 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2781 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2782 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2783 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2784 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2786 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2790 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2792 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2793 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2795 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2796 docstring of these variable for details about available
2799 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2800 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2801 formatting string will insert a string.
2803 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2805 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2806 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2807 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2808 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2809 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2810 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2811 C-e u=, respectively.
2813 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2814 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2815 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2816 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2817 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2820 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2822 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2823 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2825 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2827 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2828 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2830 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2832 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2833 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2834 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2835 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2836 section]] in the manual for more details.
2838 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2839 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2840 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2845 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2847 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2848 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2849 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2850 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2851 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2853 **** New logging support for refiling
2855 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2856 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2859 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2863 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2865 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2869 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2871 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2872 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2874 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2876 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2877 the displayed in the buffer.
2879 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2881 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2883 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2884 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2886 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2887 |--------+--------+---------|
2888 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2889 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2891 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2894 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2897 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2899 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2901 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2902 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2909 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2910 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2913 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2915 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2917 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2918 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2920 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2924 **** Improved handling of lists
2926 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2928 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2929 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2930 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2933 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2934 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2935 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2937 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2938 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2939 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2940 `org-list-export-context'.
2942 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2943 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2944 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2946 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2947 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2948 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2949 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2950 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2952 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2953 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2954 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2956 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2958 *** Inline display of linked images
2960 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2961 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2962 that have no description part will be inlined.
2964 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2966 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2967 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2969 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2971 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2973 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2974 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2975 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2976 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2977 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2978 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2980 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2981 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2982 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2985 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2986 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2987 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2988 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2989 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2990 properties or in tables.
2992 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2993 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2994 names, and rownames across all languages.
2996 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2998 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3000 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3001 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3002 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3004 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3006 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3007 request by Scott Otterson.
3009 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3011 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3012 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3013 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3014 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3015 superscripts, see the variable
3016 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3018 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3020 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3022 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3023 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3024 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3025 following new faces:
3027 =org-document-title=
3029 =org-document-info-keyword=
3031 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3032 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3034 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3036 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3038 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3039 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3040 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3041 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3042 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3043 property is affected by this setting.
3045 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3046 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3048 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3050 Requested by Michael Brand.
3052 **** Better level cycling function
3054 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3055 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3056 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3057 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3059 **** Adaptive filling
3061 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3062 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3063 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3064 comments to be filled correctly.
3066 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3068 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3070 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3072 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3074 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3075 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3077 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3081 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3083 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3084 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3085 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3086 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3088 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3090 **** Localized clock tables
3092 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3093 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3094 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3095 available translated strings.
3097 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3099 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3100 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3101 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3102 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3104 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3106 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3108 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3109 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3110 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3111 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3114 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3118 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3120 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3121 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3123 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3125 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3127 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3128 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3129 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3132 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3135 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3137 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3138 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3143 org-table-current-line
3147 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3149 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3150 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3153 This was requested by Tom.
3155 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3157 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3158 example by viewing from the agenda.
3160 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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